Usha Vance, a lawyer by profession, who is set to become the first Indian-origin Second Lady of the United States. She traces her roots to Andhra Pradesh’s Vadluru village.
Donald Trump praised his running mate JD Vance and his Indian-American wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, while addressing a gathering at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida.
“I want to be the first one to congratulate — now I can say Vice President-elect JD Vance. And his remarkable and beautiful wife, Usha Vance,” he said.
“We just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America,” JD Vance told Trump supporters.
After Trump’s praise Usha Vance suddenly got everybody’s attention and made headlines, with news outlets stated articles about her. Lest know about Usha.
Who is Usha Vance?
Usha is a lawyer by profession, and she is all set to become the first Indian-origin Second Lady of America. She traces her roots to Andhra Pradesh, and now she will bring some Indian culture to the American political system.
Usha Vance was born in 1986 in San Diego to Indian immigrant parents. She spent her childhood in an upper-middle-class suburb.
Usha was brilliant in her studies and has an impressive academic background. She graduated from Yale University in History. After that, she went to the University of Cambridge and completed her Master’s in Philosophy, as per the New York Times.
A Look at Usha Vance’s Career Journey
Usha is currently working as a corporate litigator at a firm in San Francisco.
Throughout her remarkable career, she had the opportunity to serve as a clerk for Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh before Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court. She took on the important responsibilities of the Managing Editor at the Yale Journal of Law and Technology and held the position of the Executive Development Editor for The Yale Law Journal.
Love Story of Usha And JD Vance
Before starting her legal career, Usha spent an intense four years involved in various extracurricular activities at Ivy League behemoth, Yale. Her academic prowess earned her a place as a Gates fellow at the prestigious Cambridge University.
It was during her education at Yale Law School when love blossomed between her and JD Vance, a fellow scholar, and they ended up tying the knot in 2014 with dual ceremonies, one of which was under the auspices of a Hindu priest in Kentucky. Their love story has given fruit to three children: six-year-old Ewan, four-year-old Vivek, and Mirabel, the youngest at two years old.
Indian Roots
After the result declaration of US presidential election, villagers of Vadluru village of Andhra Pradesh’s Godavari District offered special prayers for the success of JD Vance.
“The relations between America and India will improve if Trump becomes the President. There is a big fight between the two (Trump and Kamala Harris). We feel generally proud that (Usha) Vance is a native of Vadluru,” Ramana, a resident of the village, told news agency ANI.